"Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it."
— P.J. O'Rourke
London: William Heinemann, 1919, 1920. [Children's] FIRST EDITIONS THUS. 2 volumes, large octavos (26 x 20cm). Tipped-in colour frontispiece to each volume and numerous black and white silhouettes and three-tone illustrations. Publisher's red and yellow pictorial covers, cloth spines lettered in black, illustrated green endpapers to first volume, pictorial dust-wrappers. A well-read duo with some occasional marks and thumbing within, owners inscription to each, covers moderately handled, fragile jackets with some chips and tears. Remains presentable. A uniform pair of Rackham's only 'silhouette' titles. Item #59230
Price: £295.00
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